The Week in Sports: April 4th-April 10th, 2010

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A quick review and take on the week that was…April 11th-17th, 2010.

Lefty has now left quite a legacy within Golf and Augusta. He is joins an elite groups of players that have won three or more Masters...but, he is the only player on this exclusive list that had his jacket rip in the back when fitted with it after he won...awesome!
Halladay is a beast...goes the distance and his 100th pitch went 94mph...can we say man-child?!
Barry Bonds said he was “pissed” at Mark McGwire for admitting his use of performance-enhancing drugs, stating that a man never yields...Okay, so he said was proud of him.
The Flyers needed three periods, overtime, and a shootout in the final game of the regular season to make the playoffs and make New York Ranger fan’s cry like babies.
Old Cowboy stadium is blown up. I will not lie, I was a little sad to see this happen. Not because I am a Cowboy fan but because of the fond memory I have of when I was allowed into the stadium and I ran to the middle of the field and did my “TO” pose on the Dallas Star.
Daddy Goodell met with Big Ben to discuss his latest transgressions...not to reprimand him, but instead to give the Borat “High Five”.
Minnesota opened its new ballpark, Target Field, this week. Who knew, they have sun in the land of pike fishing.
Time is ticking on Jason Campbell. First Donovan, then the one-year tender offer that frees up the Skins to trade him, then no minicamp. Hmm ..Haynesworth is not far behind.
Looks like Kobe must have been a pretty good boy in 2009. Santa answered his Christmas wish this week with Blazers’ Brandon Roy’s injury and then the Lakers get the Thunder instead of the Spurs in the opening round.
Santonio Holmes traded to Jets for a laughable fifth rounder. This move was cut off Big Ben’s roffie supply...not cool.
With this move, the Jets seem to have a better roster than the Patriots. The one question mark is whether Rex Ryan can find larger pants sizes due to the fact he will have the munchies much more often (yes, it is possible) with Holmes now as his personal supplier.
Pujulos’ stats through his first seven games: five hours, 14 RBI and +.400BA. It must be noted he has cooled off the last four games. In an unrelated story, his urine sample that he provided this week came up clean as a whistle.
In effort to keep up with Jets, Miami traded for troubled receiver Brandon Marshall and then quickly signed him to a four year deal worth $47.5 million contract extension making him the highest paid wide receiver in NFL history. Who knew nagging could get you what you want? Every wife of the world...that’s who.
Did anyone else watch John Gruden’s QB camp special on ESPN? It was good TV for draft nerds such as myself. I will admit, I left much more convinced that Tebow will become a solid pro. Gruden was right, he has Mike Alstott written all over him. I never thought of it!
According to police released documents, the accuser of Big Ben said he used frat boy, fool proof/tested methodologies and encouraged her and her friends, to take numerous shots of alcohol. She was shocked to find out that he was using these tactics to get into her pants and not to get to know her better.
For the second time in two weeks, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson was fined $35,000 for publicly criticizing officials, this time about Kevin Durant. It makes one wonder why a defending champion is scared of first round opponent with no playoff history. He knows something we do not. I bet this proves be to a better series than most expect.
Jerry Jones got caught making fun of Bill Parcells on video stating that Parcells "isn't worth a [expletive]". Jones publicly apologized and stated “I love the guy, I was just [expletive] up beyond belief".
The Clippers fired interim coach Kim Hughes, who was 8-25 since taking over for Mike Dunleavy . Sterling is rumored to be targeting Larry Brown to fill the position again, get the Clippers back into the eighth spot in the West and then leave abruptly when he is finally admitted to the loony bin.
The Cleveland Browns have kicked around the idea of trading up the draft to get Sam Bradford in an effort to stay away from the Notre Dame/Charlie Weis/Brady Quinn curse.
Eddie Jordan is the latest coach fired from the 76er’s coaching carousel. The next sucker...err coach, will be the eighth in 10 seasons with the team.
Chris Bosh is expected to opt out of the final year of his contract with the Raptors, leaving more than $17 million on the table, in order to test the free-agent market. I am not sure he is even worth $17 million, since he cannot carry his current team into the playoffs which only requires a .500 record in the East.
The “Yankees” of NASCAR , Hendrick Motorsports , signed the hottest free agent in Kasey Kahne to a multi-year agreement and will replace Mark Martin when he is put down in 2012.
Attorneys for Mike Leach claim that after signing a new contract last year, Texas Tech administrators "secretly agreed" to fire him before the school had to pay him an $800K bonus. They did so because a psychic predicted Leach would trap a spoiled brat in a shed to serve as punishment for being lazy.
Demian Maia felt disrespected about Anderson Silva’s antics during their fight at UFC 112. "He started to call me bad names during the fight. Stuff like, ‘you're a f**king playboy, come and show me your jiu -jitsu ,'” Well Maia...why didn’t you show him your jiu -jitsu ?
For most of you that missed Sid the Kid on Friday night, his performance was amazing. From his key save, to his improvisation during the winning goal he created, this “Kid” is an NBA style showstopper.
Rumors are swirling that Chicago-area native Dwyane Wade is going to sign with his hometown Bulls when he becomes a free agent this summer. Right...he is going to walk away from millions to join another team and while he is at it, he plans to burn his home, crash his car and stop doing commercials since money is obviously not an issue.
Tony Stewart got his first pole since 2005. Anyone else find those series of words funny?
The Cardinals and Mets went 18 innings with no runs, used nearly their entire roster and had their backup outfielders dueling it out to close this 2-1 yawner.
NBA playoffs provide no surprises as all the home teams win out.
Strikeforce held a national fight card on CBS this weekend. For the most part the fights were boring and predictable. To their credit, CBS quickly pulled out their WWE /Pro Wrestling card and staged a post fight brawl between Jake Shields and Jason “Mayhem” Miller...definitely worth a Google lookup .
Surprises of this young MLB season: Boston’s slump, San Fran’s and Oakland’s hot start, a Rocky can pitch (Jimenez’s no-hitter) and Baltimore was able to win a game.
If you haven’t been watching the NHL playoffs, (and the ratings suggest this is true most of you) they have been amazing!!!